Polls Depend on Law of Chance, Experts Say
Washington experts explain random polling replaces quota sampling to yield representative results. Gallup Harris and Crossley describe 1500 to 1600 person samples across 320 to 2000 precincts, with checks against Census data. They cite margin of error and lessons from Literary Digest.
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George Gallup
Louis Harris
Archibald Crossley
Polisters
National Man
Gallup
Harris
Crossley
Census Bureau
Louwis Harris
Harmis
Literary Digest
Landon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Princeton
N.J
John F. Kennedy
Latis Harris
Nixon
Barracks To Meet World War I Veterans Group
Members of Park City Bar racks 771 veterans of World War I will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. Unit commander William Cavanaugh urged all veterans to attend the session at the barracks located at 9872 Brewster Street.
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Park City
William Cavanaugh
Brewster Street
Clifford Confirmed as Pentagon Chief by Senate
Senate approved Clark M. Clifford as secretary of defense in a voice vote to succeed Robert McNamara. He is set to assume duties around March after McNamara becomes World Bank president. Senator Dirksen praised Clifford while addressing critics of his past legal associations. Majority Leader Mansfield lauded Clifford’s long government experience.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
U.S
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
World Bank
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Clifford
Dirksen
Clark Clifford
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Truman
House Bill Urged For Clear Credit Interest Disclosure
Washington AP backs disclosure to aid consumer shopping for credit. Debate centers on whether revolving credit must state finance charges as annual percentage versus monthly rate. Sullivan and supporters say 18 percent yearly rate via 4 percent monthly charge misleads buyers. opponents cite difficulty in precomputing short term revolving charges. House expected to vote today on the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Banking Committee
Leonor K. Sullivan
Dmo
William B. Widnall
R-N.j
Advan
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Sullivan
GOP Aid Urged On Ghetto Ills
Hartford AP report on Republican Committeewoman Tina Warrower from Hamden urging the GOP to address urban crisis by treating Negro residents as constituents not clients. She said political promises caused desperation and that the party must work at the grassroots with practical human-focused ideas. She cited the Detroit seminar on urban crisis.
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Hartford
Republican National
Republican Party
Detroit
Warrower
GOP
Deductions and Dependents Can Save Tax Dollars
Washington AP reports federal law favors married filing jointly and offers exemptions for a taxpayer and spouse plus dependents. Exemptions total 610 for self, 600 for a nonworking wife, 600 per dependent, with extra 600 for age 64 or older or blindness. special rules apply after divorce or remarriage. dependents must meet five tests, with income and support criteria. students and relatives may qualify as dependents if they meet guidelines and income limits.
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Washington
Ative
United States
Canada
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
IRS
Japan backs peaceful use of nuclear energy policy
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Eisaku Sato reaffirmed Japan’s nonnuclear arms stance while prioritizing peaceful nuclear energy development. He outlined four points: no weapons development or imports, abolition of nuclear arms as a goal, reliance on the nuclear umbrella for defense, and emphasis on peaceful energy use.
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Japan
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Churchill Downs Bars Alcohol in Picnic Baskets
Churchill Downs bans alcohol brought onto the grounds for Derby Day and other race days. President Wathen Knedelkamp cites rising rowdyism among younger spectators and requests from law enforcement. Security chief Alvin Schem notes 128 arrests on Derby Day, mostly for drunkenness among 19 to 21 year olds. Thermos jugs containing alcohol will be denied entry, with local police likely to seize illicit flasks.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Downs
Wathen Knedelkamp
Knehelkamp
Oder
Alvin Schem
Schem
Sonar echoes turn out to be old ship hulks
In Toulon France an initial sonar ping linked to the missing French submarine Minerve proved to be debris from a long‑sunken ship. Jacques-Yves Cousteau verified the find in his research craft as military and private search efforts continued for Minerve and the Dakar. The Dakar and a newly bought sister submarine Dolphin joined the hunt off Cyprus for the Israeli missing sub.
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Toulon
France
Soonar
Minerve
Navy
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Cousteau
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Dolphin
Britain
Israel
IRS Halts Action On Gambling And Gun Case Prosecutions
The Internal Revenue Service suspended all criminal prosecutions for unregistered firearms and for gamblers not registering and paying the special taxes. The moves follow two Supreme Court decisions easing enforcement, affecting about 2,000 cases at various stages. IRS will study implications but declined further comment.
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Tax Service
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Supreme Court
Lone
Treasury Department
Welcome Center Opened in Sydney for Tourists
In Sydney a new welcome and advisory center for travelers has been established. The facility will provide visitor information and a family host service to help tourists connect with Australian families during their stay.
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Welcome
Sydney
Australia
UPI
Arkansas Prison Inmate Claims 20 Slain in 1940 Labor Day
Inmate Reuben Johnson recalled graveyard rumors at Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas claiming 20 inmates were shot to death on Labor Day 1940 and buried unmarked. State police pause digging pending pathology results as officials discuss possible paupers' graves and long suppressed prison burials.
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Cummins
Prison Farm
Ark
Arkansas
Reuben Johnson
Thomas ©. Murten
Winthrop Rockefeller
Isa
Murton
Edward Harron Jr
Rockefeller
Little Rock
Bill Strueberg
Streubing
Dan D
Civil Defense Conference Tonight for Fairfield County
A civil defense conference is held tonight at 7 30 p m at Tomlinson Junior High School Unquowa Road Fairfield. CD and municipal officials from most Fairfield County towns attend arranged by Charles Norwood public information officer for the State CD organization. The public is invited. The conference will cover emergency operation center development communications and radiological defenses with a fallout film and Capt William L S Schattman state CD director as principal speaker. Refreshments served.
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Tomlinson Junior High School
Unquowa Road
Fairfield
Fairfield County
Charles Norwood
Public Information Office
State CD
William L. S. Schattman
Suspended Driver, 30, Fined $400 Here
Angelo R. Rivas, 20, of 281 Spruce Street, received two concurrent 60 day suspended jail terms and a $400 fine after pleading guilty as a second offender to driving with a suspended license and car registration. Judge James Henebry presided in the Underwood building after Bridgeport police learned his license and registration were suspended when stopped at Hancock Avenue and Spruce Street on December 27.
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Angelo R. Rivas
Spruce Street
Rivas
James Henebry
Underwood
Bridgeport
Hancock Avenue
Nixon nominating papers to be filed in New Hampshire
Concord NH AP report says Rep. David Sterling campaign chairman for Nixon will file Nixon nominating papers today to place Nixon on the March 12 Republican primary ballot. Sterling will present the required signatures to the secretary of state a few hours before the filing deadline.
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Concord
Nih
David Sterling
Hillsboro
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
Ixlan
Sterling
Secretary of State
Computer driven chemistry system boosts chemist productivity
Varian Associates reports a new computer that performs chemist experiments and analyzes results in production. Dr. Martin Packard says the system doubles productivity by removing repetitive arithmetic and letting chemists use full creative powers. Controls are labeled in chemical terms. A robot operation will be shown March 3 8 at the Cleveland Analytical Chemistry conference.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Varian Associates
Martin Packard
Varian Analytical Instrument Division
Packard
Cleveland
Ex-Congressman Johnson Gets Six Months Prison Term
Thomas F. Johnson a former Maryland congressman convicted on conflict of interest charges was sentenced in U S District Court to six months. Judge R Dorsey Watkins set the term as the maximum for the second trial with 100 days to appeal and urged Johnson to exercise his rights.
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Baltimore
Thomas F. Johnson
Maryland
R. Dorsey Watkins
U.S. District Court
Johnson
Watkins
Novice Pilot In Stolen Plane Is Talked Down
A 28 year old novice pilot in a stolen twin engine Apache was talked down by jet fighters after crossing the U S defense net north of Cuba. Ernest M Hall of Albuquerque said he wanted to get caught and landed safely at Key West International Airport after several near misses over houses. He faced grand larceny charges as deputies said he had only two flying lessons and had never landed solo.
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Harry 5
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Gallup
Key West, Fla
US Defense
Cuba
Ernest M. Hall
Albuquerque
N.M
Key West International Airport
Hall
Monroe County
Marathon
Florida Keys
PAA
Miami
Hight Center
Key West
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Ben
Joe Peres
W. L. Tabor
Hart
Frank Langhammer
Milwauke
Wis
John Sturgeon
Cuba charges Soviet aides with anti Fidel plots
Havana reports in Granma accuse a Soviet diplomat and employees of two Soviet news agencies of guiding Cuban Communists against Fidel Castro's militant foreign policy. Raul Castro details antiparty activity by nine Moscow linked Cuban Communists to Soviet officials and newspapers. The case underscores strained Kremlin relations as Moscow seeks closer Latin American trade.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Granma
Castro
Kremlin
Cthan
Raul Castro
Communist Central Committee
State Security Commission
Rudolph Shliapkikayv
Tass
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